Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-08-25
! nl.lFE IN lLlRERiA.I-
\ pisroaS Account Of tho African Neero
Commonwealth

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| Dr, Ralph w Perry, whose recent
return from Liberia has been ro.ed. is
1stfl blcachcd, MS the result OF III lone
wicstlc with African or coast fever, hut
tIo IS gradually recovering his former
SasorylaHei has q, tish and varied ex-
LParlcnee on the African coast and
nothing will win him back He went
laat In the enemploy of the Episcopal
Mission B6ard,'to he in charge If the
hospital, and of the two who at Com
panicd him one died with the coast
feystwfthlh thrct weeks after arfval.
lWhIlcthe othcr'was driven insane from
n similar cause. o Monpyia is tlle capl-
TIL pfNLiberiag nbeing namod in honts
of President Monroe, of this eoant1
and it satown of about five thou,lnl. 4,
hpeople, (which number plaven are
rI,whito, and, tho remainder mixed
blood, bpts largely native. The bust
mess OF the, town is in the hands Of less
than tlhfan one hundred persons, and tha re-
Imaindcr Of its population lives OF
Them. Common labor is poorly re.
lIhmcratcd.' There is no plant, idn
work save IN. the coffee pickiigsca ,on.
FIND tlic NEGROES WHO were exported
from thenScuth some years ago lead
fsliiftless 'Rnddforlon lives, not much
limpropcdnpOn thenrtive bllick. Here
IiSno.money.an and in payment ofjwhntr
nxcrlahoyaAere is TO do the labor 4r. is
leompallSlt9tate out tho price in v, bat
ever is offered him. Flour, costing s.
ia barrel in New Yorl, retails at sl5per
lbarreli muslin of ordinary spality %
cents per, yarl, milk the same price per
pint and small blnts, AZ that; and
every thing else in proportion. The
Steamship ihttfrsts arc controlled by
| Belgatfhi ana German firms, ana the
agents that'hre sent TO Diberia tn lock
after1 their commercial affairs ara un.
der Contract to remain three years; but
ftw lnstistbatnlong. No wbito man es-
F capGs an, attack o., African fever. II
seized lP9rryi i4ftor he had been there
but short Lime, but thanks 70 q sturdy
constitution he was able 70 fight OF the
first attack. and Q second and tiirl.
lbut ii kept returning every month or
two, untiI it flnally wore him cut. It's
symptoms arc very much like the drii
nary yellow fever If the South. nut, a
unlike che yeIlUw feFer the fact taihat
n nan hasitonee isi nongaaranteo~ hat
Ne isnetiliable toicontinued attaek Of
1t The dmissionas atiosMonroEia IL
in ehange0lof Row Mr. Ferguson.
1whololisubpos only s,.sss missionary
but alsoinEho lbishop, and a be has
Some twenty assistants. who nre sta
tioned at Monrovia and other points
The mission was established in .1s32,
land it is maintained at about o YEARLY
cost Of $4,000, and DR.. Perry doubts
Iif The eohrersions TO date exceed 500.
It islfbt n pleasant eorntfy IN which TO
livo,%o 66esh FOR a hati4e, and a white
pan migrating d. .tp iis inhospitablc
shpns, alAough tho doctor didn't cay
thisiinias many words might as well
leave all hope behindU Bishop Fer
'gusbhT,is n colorcd man. and this ae-
eouRts fbr his tehacity Of life, There
mo two seasons of thc year, dry q ID
vet but, Perry failed to note much di-
ference between the wet and dry, IN
less It WIS that In the wet season II
yaihcd day and night, whilo in the dry
It rSined only at night The wet sctI-
son " the htaithiest,l because it is The
coolest! ami the temperature during
thcday faagcb from co to12O degrees.
tOnlye'oneeo during! his stay OF ten
Iimonths, ,ihOWdvzrg didit drop to 60 dc
p,gressJ a1idltheno it felt cold enough 10
niaannplsian coYercOak 1he trip
going audi coming from New York. IN
made. bN sailing vessels, ana usually
,ffeErty-fye days each way
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